COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIS 5010 BUSINESS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Business Information Systems (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AŞKIN ÖZDAĞOĞLU

Offered to

Business Information Systems (English)
Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine how business the processes work together through busines applications inside and outside the firm through the modular systems of business applications, i.e. ERP and related applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand need for an integrated business application to manage the processes as a whole.
2   Define the historical background of ERP systems
3   Identify the business application requirements of an enterprise.
4   Describe the steps for preperation for ERP system.
5   Integrate all main business functions (marketing, finance, production, ...) for meeting the customer expectations efficiently and effectively.
6   Select the true application system for an enterprise.
7   Analyze the implementation phase of ERP system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Production management basics: Product structure, master planning for production, i.e. capacity planning, master schedule, MRP.
3 Manufacturing resource planning, distribution resource planing
4 Enterprise Applications Enterprise Resource Planning
5 Supply Chain Manament Customer Relationship Management
6 Managing an ERP Project
7 Preparing for an ERP system Business process reengineering and process improvement
8 Midterm Exam
9 Software vendor selection
10 Critical success factors during implementation phase.
11 Business resource management models and corresponding modules in ERP systems.
12 Case study presentations
13 Case study presentations
14 Case study presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Related books, book chapters and articles will be used.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, presentations, class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Exams are applied to see students knowledge about fundamentals of business resource management.
2. Class discussions will be performed through ERP case studies and participation level will be evaluated during discussions.
3. Project will evaluate the performance on real life analysis of business resource applications used in an enterprise.

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm and Final Exam: Students will be assessed on their knowledge of concepts and theories through an essay-type written exam.
2. Term Project: Groups will do an observation in a real business environment about enterprise architecurr and prepare a written report based on the format given by the instructor. They are expected to share their observation with their class-mates through oral presentations.
3. Class Discussions and Presentation: Students will be given certain cases or questions related to the concepts covered in the class. Groups will debate on the topics and present their opinions. Students are expected to contribute to class discussions.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
4. Students are expected to attend to classes on time.
5. Students are expected to prepare ahead of time for class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

askin.ozdagoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced at the first lecture.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.112
LO.222
LO.332
LO.442352
LO.5555553
LO.655554
LO.7555555

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